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Rh Tê-yen; and on separating from him in the troubles which brought her father's line to a close, she gave him half a broken mirror, with the understanding that on a certain day she was to offer the other half for sale in the market-place, and, thus afford a clue to her whereabouts. Meanwhile, it fell to her lot to be taken into the seraglio of Yang Su; nevertheless, on the appointed day she managed to get her half of the mirror exposed for sale as agreed upon. Her husband was on the look-out, and tracked her to the palace of Yang Su, who on hearing the story at once caused her to be liberated.

  Lo Chin-shun 羅欽順 (T. 允升. H. 整庵). A.D. 1465—1547. A native of T'ai-ho in Kiangsi. He graduated as chin shih in 1493; and after holding various posts in the Han-lin College and the Imperial Academy at Nanking, in 1522 he was made President of the Board of Civil Office. In 1527, dissatisfied with the administration of government, he retired into private life. He was the author of the 困知記 a work in which Buddhism is compared disadvantageously with Confucianism; and of the 詩文存稿 a collection of miscellaneous writings. He was canonised as 文莊, and in 1724 his tablet was placed in the Confucian Temple.

  Lo Peng-lu 羅豐祿 (T. 稷臣. H. 弦𤲅). Bom A.D. 1850. A native of Foochow, who at the age of seventeen was placed at the Naval School in connection with the arsenal founded at Pagoda Island by the late M. Giquel. In 1877 he was sent to Europe and attended lectures at King's College, London. In 1878 he was attached to the mission of Kuo Sung-tao, and in 1879 was transferred to Berlin. In 1881 he returned to China and acted as secretary to Li Hung-chang. In 1895 he was secretary of the peace-mission to Shimonoseki. In 1896 he accompanied Li Hung-chang on his visit to Russia and other countries, and was appointed